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EPISODE · Jun 3, 2026 · 36 MIN

How Indianapolis Songwriter Bruz Fletcher Became a Pioneer of LGBTQ+ Music

from Cultural Manifesto

Explore the remarkable life and music of Indiana songwriter Stoughton “Bruz” Fletcher, a groundbreaking artist whose work challenged conventions of gender and sexuality decades before the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. Host Kyle Long will talk with author and researcher Tyler Alpern, whose book “Camped, Tramped and a Riotous Vamp” remains the definitive biography of Bruz Fletcher.

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